Founded in October 2016 by Rebeccah Bennett, the BHC emerged from a conversation between two friends and from a prayer for help to the Ancestors.  In June of that year, Rebeccah and Steve Parrish talked extensively about the need to build community among Black healers and change agents given recent political upheavals and longstanding, unmet community needs.  The police killing of Philando Castile and the Dallas shooting of police officers later that summer, in July of 2016, reinforced the need to create such a community of practice among Black practitioners of the healing arts.  These killings also resulted in a cry for help to the Ancestors that Rebeccah first vocalized at a gathering of social justice activists. This prayer was shared widely with Black healers across the region in the fall of 2016 as part of an invitation to gather for collective healing and community building.  Thus began the formation of the BHC, which continues to serve the Black community with deep love and commitment today.